Manchester United v Crystal Palace: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash
* Paul Pogba set to feature in youthful Manchester United line-up
* Wayne Rooney among Red Devils first team set to be rested for final day clash
* Andros Townsend ruled out for Crystal Palace with achilles injury
* Yohan Cabaye will undergo fitness test having picked up a knock
Ahead of the final day in the Premier League season, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Manchester United's home clash with Crystal Palace.
Manchester United v Crystal Palace (Old Trafford)
Team news
Manchester United
Paul Pogba will feature alongside a number of youngsters in Manchester United's Premier League dead rubber against Crystal Palace.
United boss Jose Mourinho confirmed Joel Pereira, Kieran O'Hara, Scott McTominay, Josh Harrop, Matthew Willock and Zachary Dearnley will be involved on Sunday, so too 16-year-old Angel Gomes. Tim Fosu-Mensah will play after a shoulder injury and Pogba will feature after missing the previous two matches following his father's death.
Marouane Fellaini is having a hamstring injury assessed, while Chris Smalling is set to be fit for Wednesday's Europa League final despite a 'small problem' keeping him out against Palace. Numerous first-team players will be rested ahead of the Ajax match, with captain Wayne Rooney set to be among them after playing 90 minutes at Southampton on Wednesday. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marcos Rojo (both knee), Luke Shaw (foot) and Ashley Young (hamstring) are out.
Provisional squad: Pereira, O'Hara, Valencia, Darmian, Jones, Mitchell, Fosu-Mensah, Tuanzebe, Olosunde, Bailly, Carrick, Herrera, Dearnley, Lingard, Mata, Gomes, McTominay, Mkhitaryan, Harrop, Willock, Martial, Rashford, Rooney.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace are without Andros Townsend for Sunday's trip to Manchester United after the midfielder was ruled out with an achilles injury.
Yohan Cabaye faces a late fitness test, owing to a knock, while Scott Dann is again expected to miss out because of a knee problem.
Beyond his long-term absentees, Connor Wickham, Pape Souare and Mamadou Sakho, Palace manager Sam Allardyce otherwise has a near fully-fit squad from which to choose.
Provisional squad: Hennessey, Speroni, Mandanda, Kelly, Schlupp, Van Aanholt, Delaney, Tomkins, Fryers, Milivojevic, Flamini, McArthur, Cabaye, Zaha, Puncheon, Benteke, Campbell, Lee, Ledley, Sako.
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MAN UTD v CRYSTAL PALACE
Kick-off: Sunday, 3pm
Odds (subject to change):
Manchester United 17/10
Draw 12/5
Crystal Palace 2/1
Managers:
Jose Mourinho (Manchester United)
Sam Allardyce (Crystal Palace)
Head-to-head league record:
Manchester United wins 25
Draws 8
Crystal Palace wins 6
Recent league form (latest result first):
Manchester United: DLLDD
Crystal Palace: WLLLW
Referee: Anthony Taylor
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Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
Manchester United have played Crystal Palace 15 times in the Premier League and have never lost (W12 D3). The only side they have played more without tasting defeat is Charlton (16, W14 D2).
Crystal Palace have lost 12 times to Manchester United in the Premier League, more than any other side they’ve faced.
The Red Devils have won each of their seven Premier League home games against Crystal Palace; only against Wigan have they got a longer 100 per cent record of such kind (8).
Jose Mourinho is unbeaten against Sam Allardyce in the Premier League (W7 D3); only against Mark Hughes has the Manchester United manager won more top-flight contests (8).
Manchester United have won 16 of their 24 final day matches in the Premier League (D6 L2) – the most wins in the competition.
The Eagles have failed to win each of their five Premier League away trips on the final day (D2 L3), conceding 14 goals
Jose Mourinho will be overseeing his 250th Premier League game as manager, making him the 22nd manager to achieve this feat. Of those to make this milestone, Mourinho will have the most wins (currently 157 from 249 games) and five more than Alex Ferguson (152/250).
Regardless of the result of this match, Manchester United have won the fewest number of games in a single Premier League season (currently 17) - worse than their tally of wins in both 2013-14 and 2015-16 (19 wins).
Even with a win, this will be Manchester United’s lowest total of home wins in the Premier League era (currently seven, with the previous low nine in 2013-14).
Crystal Palace have lost 20 Premier League games this season and a defeat in this match would equal their record of defeats in a single PL campaign (21 in 1997-98).
Christian Benteke has scored in his last two Premier League trips to Old Trafford, but both have ended in 1-3 defeats for his side.
There have been more draws at Old Trafford than at any other Premier League stadium this season (10) and if this game ends as a draw then Manchester United would set a new outright record for the most home draws in a Premier League season (11).
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